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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Browncroft Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brighton

Tract 36055012500 · Monroe County, NY · pop 4,335 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

36055012500 is a census tract in the Browncroft area of Brighton, NY. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,335. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 13% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,199
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$87,474

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Browncroft
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 9 tracts In Brighton
Moderate
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#118 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Moderate
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#3,749 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brighton and the region

Centroid at 43.1461, -77.5294 · click any tract to drill in

Why Browncroft scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brighton
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,179 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brighton
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brighton
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brighton
5.5

How Browncroft compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Browncroft risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0125006.6Brightonparent city7.2Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Browncroft. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Browncroft

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Monroe County average of 46.4%. Food insecurity runs 7.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.3/10.

Against the Monroe County average of 7.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.

At $1,179 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Brighton commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $87,474, annual rent is just 16%.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055012500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055012500?

Census tract 36055012500 in the Browncroft neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 36055012500?

Median gross rent is $1,179/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055012500?

11.7% of residents in tract 36055012500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,335.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055012500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 41th, minority 22th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 36055012500 considered part of Browncroft?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055012500 fall within Browncroft (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055012500 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055012500 compare to Brighton overall?

Tract 36055012500 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Brighton at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36055012500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Top eight tracts in Brighton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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